Onions in cooking are used in raw, boiled, fried, pickled and salted types. Although to preserve all the useful properties, minimal thermal exposure is recommended. Onions can be both a flavor seasoning for the main dish (and it is combined with meat, fish, rice, potatoes, flour products, cottage cheese, and other vegetables), and the basis of the recipe. Many national cuisines have their own “branded” culinary products, in which onions can be called a key ingredient: French onion soup, British onion pie, etc. There are some culinary tricks that will allow you to cook this product (or a dish based on it) as tasty as possible: If you add a little granulated sugar to the oil during frying, the onions will brown better. So that the chopped onion does not burn during sauteing, before sending it to the frying pan, you should roll the “straw” in flour. Then it will simply acquire a reddish hue. Onions can be added to minced meat not only to improve the taste, but also to extend the shelf life of the meat part. To get rid of onion bitterness in the manufacture of salads, raw onions are slightly scalded with boiling water, and hands and knife are smeared with wet salt.
When choosing onions, preference should be given to dense clean heads, without damage, holes and stains. The sweetness-bitterness of a vegetable depends not only on the variety, but also on the length of daylight in the place of cultivation (southern onions are considered sweeter), the mineral content of the soil, the softness of the climate, the abundance of precipitation, etc. For example, with a large amount of annual precipitation, sulfur is actively washed out of the soil, which creates prerequisites for growing a sweeter vegetable. However, in general, it is believed that white varieties have a stronger flavor and are better suited for filling pies, red and purple ones have a sweet taste and are well combined in salads and marinades, and the Spanish variety is softer and sweeter, as well as onions with yellow–brown husks are better suited for frying.
I offer you another original dish from such a not very popular product as beef brains. For lovers of offal at that time. Come and try to cook, it’s very tasty!
An easy-to-make delicious and satisfying pie. Canned tuna and tender vegetable filling with crispy corn create the perfect combination with tender potato dough and vegetables under egg-cheese filling. Treat yourself and your loved ones, I’m sure they will appreciate your efforts!
I want to treat you to a lean potato-cabbage pie with a fragrant filling of mushrooms and sauerkraut. The pie turned out to be tender, fragrant with a slight sourness, which is given to it by sauerkraut.
A wonderful and very delicious pie with a delicate filling of chicken liver. I’ve always cooked this minced meat pie, now I’ve tried it with liver, it’s very, very tasty.
I like simple pies with unsweetened filling. A hearty pie with cabbage and meat. The yeast dough turned out to be especially tender and delicious thanks to the addition of semolina.
This dish, although similar in shape to a pie, is not a pie in the usual sense of the word. It is not cooked in the oven, but in the refrigerator, does not contain eggs or flour. In addition to the intriguing appearance and excellent taste, the pie contains a lot of useful substances and a negligible amount of fat, so you can afford a solid portion of it for dinner, even limiting yourself in the diet!
A very tasty and satisfying puff pastry pie with sauerkraut and a filling of sour cream, eggs and cheese. Easily replaces dinner or main course for lunch.
I have probably never tasted a more delicious cabbage pie. It has a thin dough and a lot of juicy filling. The pie turns out to be very satisfying, self-sufficient, I recommend to cool it completely – so, in my opinion, it tastes better and holds its shape better.